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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the title of one of the poems in Four Poems?
(a) "Conversation."
(b) "Talk."
(c) "Discussion."
(d) "Argument."
2. What is Bishop's attitude toward the title character and his family in "Manuelzinho"?
(a) Caring.
(b) Distasteful.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Pitying.
3. Where does the old man in "At the Fishhouses" bring his fish?
(a) Calgary.
(b) Boston.
(c) Nova Scotia.
(d) Ontario.
4. What happens in "A Miracle for Breakfast"?
(a) A man does not share his roll.
(b) A man has only coffee for breakfast.
(c) A man calls room service.
(d) A man scatters crumbs.
5. What is the poet surprised to learn?
(a) That Brazil has a flag.
(b) That Brazil does not have a flag.
(c) That the people of Brazil are poor.
(d) That the people of Brazil are well-off.
Short Answer Questions
1. What could the tone of the Four Poems indicate about the poet?
2. What is the tone of the Four Poems?
3. What does Bishop display towards Moore in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
4. What does Bishop's uncommon vocabulary reflect about her settings?
5. Where did Bishop grow up?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is similar about the poems in North and South devoted to morning?
2. What is Bishop comparing in "Large Bad Picture" when she refers to "commerce or contemplation"?
3. Why does Bishop chose the word "flying" in "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore"?
4. In "Electrical Storm," why are the pearls twice described as dead?
5. What is the significance of the title of "The Prodigal"?
6. Why does Bishop use the structure of building each line upon the last in "Visits to St. Elizabeth's"?
7. Why does "Arrival at Santos" end with the tour group heading toward the interior of Brazil?
8. What does the final stanza of "Insomnia" depict?
9. How does Bishop feel about winter in "The Colder the Air"?
10. What two things is Bishop comparing in "Brazil, January 1, 1502"?
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